Science

Here's a sneak peek of what we learned about in science today.

Fairness

 

This morning I spent some time teaching the students about fairness. I started by showing them a scab I had on my hand and putting a band-aid on it. Then I talked about being fair to everyone, and called up two more students and gave them band-aids the exact same place. (This was to illustrate the point that being fair means giving each student what they need, not treating them exactly the same as every other student.) As I finished putting the band-aid on the second student, I asked, “I’m a great teacher, right? I’m being perfectly fair to each of you and giving you a band-aid!”

One of the students piped up, “Mrs. Morford, you are a great teacher, but I just don’t understand why you would do a thing like that!”

It was cute and brought a smile to my day, so I thought I’d share with you.

Back to School

Welcome to a wonderful new group of students! I realize that some of our parents send their children via bus, and so do not get to see our classroom, so here are a few pictures to help you see where your children are spending their days.

The bulletin board behind my desk.

 

The back of the room. Reading area is over in the left corner of this picture.

Our job assignments. These will be changed weekly.

Uniform reminders on the door. Thanks to Mrs. Sanford for letting me use her art for my posters.

My SMILE board!

Class schedule, calendar, and rules.

Teacher’s view

Student’s view

Amazing Adjectives

Today fourth grade started learning about adjectives, so we combined them with encouragement to surround students with positive adjectives about themselves.

State Savants

Congratulations to these three students who correctly labeled all fifty states correctly on their first try today!

The Children’s Hour by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

4th grade did a fantastic job of memorizing this poem!

Poems

About two weeks ago, we started doing something new. We started memorizing poems. 4th grade began “The Children’s Hour” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and 3rd grade began “February Twilight” by Sara Teasdale. We recite them each day during spelling class, and I have been SO impressed with how quickly the students have picked them up.

Here is 3rd grade’s poem. 4th grade’s will be up in the next day or so.

“February Twilight”

Fun in the Snow

One of the blessings of having a school on the side of a hill is sledding during lunch recess. The students have been making good use of our hill!